2 Samuel 18:10-12

Amplified Bible

¹⁰ A certain man saw it and informed Joab, saying, “I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.” ¹¹ Joab said to the man who informed him, “You saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? ^[a]I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt.” ¹² The man told Joab, “Even if I were to feel the weight of a thousand pieces of silver in my hands, I would not put out my hand against the king’s son; for ^[b]we all heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, ‘Protect the young man Absalom, for my sake.’